Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1887-02-18

should happen along and raise some
objection, you'd consider his opinion
worthy of some consideration. If Ia
only known what you meant to do, d
have asked YOU to do it, and then I'd
been sure you wouldn't. Well, 20 a
head. If you don't get enough of it
bef,re YOU get through, then my name
amt Hope Waytield. | hope you II
be tormented just about to death with
the nasty things, and believe you
will. Come mother, come in Let
him get all the comfort he can out OF
it. | guess he will find that ! can be
as hateful as he can, if | set out.
And she slammed the door on the
white heat of her fathers reply.
/ Not a word was spoken in the kit
chen. unless it may have been a spe-
cies Of wooden swearing, as Hope and
her mother went about their work
with more than usual vigor. At last
Mrs. Wayfield remarked
Hope, I'm sorry you spoke so to
your father | know twas awfal ag
gravatin'; but he's your father, an you
ought to be more resp ctful; an Id
ought 10 know morn to begin on him
tie way't did myself
Mother. | shall never forget this as
long as live. 1t might not lie right
for me t. talk so to him. but my Wy
field spunk was up; and as for honor,
ing him-if there $ IA particle OF honor
for him in my heart, just now, don I
know where it is.
Hush, Hope. You know he has
good traits. an you will remember
them when this cloud passes over.
An you must not forget that you are
a chip of the old block, an need 10
watch over yourself "
Have nv readers ever tried their
hands at driving pigs: If so, they
will experience a thrill Of COMPASSION
for the farmer as he attempted to in
stall his porcine property in its new
abode, and will be ready TO echo his
damp satisfaction when, after u half
hours chasing of the creature he sue
ceeded in getting one Of them safely
corraled. Hnpe and her mother, who,
IN different circumstances, would have
volunteered their services, If not call d
upon, watched his trials with kind
OF grim satisfaction. But where now
were the other two pigs: He hurried
round, hithrr and thither, and at last
heard series Of satisfied grunts under
the barn floor.
INV stars" said he TO himself
l"There they be, tillinsthemselves up
On ,lset .alre,rs. most likely an not Y
Soul to help me git um out for love nor
money. An how 10 git um out-that
is the question. Why don't that
Young sass box show herself: But
won't please her so much as 10 call
her specially, a. don't b'Ieeve she d
come T did. She'll have to be taken
down peg or tew, or there'!l be nc
llvin' with her. Shoe, shoo. git out
o tnisl' he cried, as he seized u NAL.
let and went hastily TO tearing up the
. boards.
But the pigs scampered away-here
I; there, and everywhere except the on,
particular place which would let them
; ont In fact, Mr.. Wayfeld began tc
hope they wouldn't find it at present
+ for it had occurred to him to get SOM
: swiIl and take 1t TO the opening, anc
coax them out Arrived at the "swil
, room," he found the pals empty, and
; not to humilIate himself by asking hi!
wife to skim some milk, he took hi
, pail along 10 the milk-room, anC
|, quickly emptied into it what seemed i
pan of buttcrmilk. On his way h,
. seized rope to be used in case Of need
, But when he reached the barn, tn,
exaspersting creatures were nowhere
To be seen or heard. He raped OF
, the pail with stick-a signal tha
was won't to rouse them, when "tiret
J natures sweet restorer' had made
them for a time oblivious of thr pang
of hunger-but it met with no re
. Spouse. After chasing about viii
, pail and slip moose, keeping up con
tinual rapplng for another half hou
or so, he discovered serpentine trai
down through the tall meadow grass
= and following it up he found the tru
ants. very intent on exploring The
Shiny ditch.
Rap. rap. rap. went the signrl, an,
that tim With so good eff, ct that the
| both started peli mel Tor the p il. Bu
5 the spec hIed one ha made IL little mis-
ca culation on the distance, and tn,
surplus momentum would have car
ried him FAR be- ord our friends COW
! hil,s S but fer IN unfortunate fact tha
the ,pac hrlnetn then u>t then ha,
[ p,ued 10 be Insufficient In cnnSr.
quence or this. Mr.. Wa,tirld very sui
denly found himself spran ling IN tn
: ditch, on top of the unfortunate pig
: while the black mud covered him IN,
! >econd, Overland the next hv the but
termlk which the other animal ha,
rlpred over in his face.
\ confused idea of the queer h.ur
. he would cur ming led With Il det~rmi
S he had him.
1 This he ry easily did. but afte
e ALL thought he, Il believe | cnul,
t carry him, if Set about it, easier"
J.; Grasping him in his arms, he start
r ed for the new sty.
plague on that girl" he muttered
t "Wish she'd kept her plaguey tongu
stillw
! But alas gravitation seemed to pos
sess an unusual amount of attraclio
e for that struggling, muddy object
t and but for the rope he must have los
+: him several times, notwithstandin
t his atfectionate grip; and when he de
It posted his Shiny burden with hi
e mate, with "Confound the womer
anyway! the perspiration drorpe
o from his face in butterlnilk hue, an
taking out the bandana, he essayed t
l. Il II, Il